Re: NEW: security/zoneminder 1.39.17 - testing needed

it doesn't need to be tested on other webservers (though it would be 
helpful) - however adding a dependency on Apache httpd doesn't make a lot 
of sense as it's not tied to using it.

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On 23 August 2026 13:07:44 Lydia Sobot <[email protected]> wrote:

> On August 23, 2026 13:50:56 GMT+02:00, vansid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> While I'm sure this is technically correct, I'm not sure this is the
>> supported and recommended configuration from the ZoneMinder project.  Let me
>> ask Isaac and get back to you.  Assuming this is confirmed, is there an
>> overall issue with an Apache dependency from this port?  Or should the
>> user need to follow separate instructions to install and configure Apache? I
>> would assume this goes for MySQL/MariaDB as well.  Bear in mind, these kind
>> of assumed dependencies come from the Linux world where this is generally
>> accepted, so if this is not the OpenBSD way they can easily be removed.
> Honestly I feel it should be tested first on OpenBSD's relayd/httpd, at
> least personally it would grind my gears immensely if I had to use a
> separate web server for just 1 program (on top of my immense personal
> distaste for Apache)